Conner, Ann
Class of 1966Born in 1948 graduated from New Hanover High School 1966.
Ann received her MA, MFA, and MACT at the University of North Carolina – Chapel, and a BFA at Salem College.
She studied painting in Asolo, Italy with Salem-Hofstra University Summer Program. Ann is a professor of Studio Art at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Ann is a nationally acclaimed artist know for her distinctive woodcuts. Using non-endangered native wood and brilliant color palettes, she creates conceptual woodcuts that employ intrinsic wood grain. Her work is included in over fifty major museum and corporate print collections in the U.S. and Internationally, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Equitable Life, Chicago and Colorado Springs; Fidelity Investments; State Department Art in Embassies; New York Public Library; North Carolina Museum of Art, Fogg Museum, Harvard University; Library of Congress; List Visual Arts Center, MIT; Credit Suisse First Boston, London; Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; University Health System, San Antonio; Ritz Carlton Hotels; Neiman Marcus, and a recent acquisition of 8 woodcut suites by Beinecke Rare and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Her studio is located in downtown Wilmington.
Accolades: Ann is recipient of UNC-W Faculty Scholarship Award and twice recipient of Faculty Research Reassignment Award.